- A French family
- Language:
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- No linguistic content; Not applicable
- Creator:
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- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Call number:
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- C South 02/Drawer 06/GC112/Half Folio/Prints GA 2014.00793
- Extent:
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- 1 item ; sheet 42.4 x 53.7 cm.
- Format:
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- Visual material
- Type:
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- Caricatures and cartoons
- Description:
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- Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Monsieur and his family are probably professional dancers, and the picture introduces us to their more intimate hours of practicing. At all events we find nearly the entire generation giving up their energies to the practice of the one accompli.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "T. Rowlandson delin.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "S. Alken fecit.".
- Publisher:
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- London : [s.n.], 1786/03/--.
- Subject:
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- Caricature
- Family—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dancers—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Date:
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- 1786
- References:
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- Grego I, pp. 58, 170, 272-273
- Paston. Social Caricatures, no. 105.
- Alternative:
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- Companion print to "An Italian Family"
- Range label:
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- Logical
- Etcher:
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- Alken, Samuel, Sr., 1756-1815
- Source acquisition:
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- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Location:
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- GA C South 02/Drawer 06/GC112/Half Folio/Prints GA 2014.00793
- Edm rights:
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- No Known Copyright
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- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/6t053q09g